Connections between columns and beams

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Step 1


We will now draw a standard haunch connection.


- Open the drawing Haunch connection basics.dwg

- Click on the icon Haunch connections

- Select the column on intersection A2

- Select the rafter of the column on A2

- Double-click the connection Haunch WebReinforcement & Chamfer

- Select the column on intersection A3

- Select the rafter of the column on A3

- Then press <Enter> to end the command

Zoom in on one of the new connections.

- Activate the tab Bolts

- Modify the top edge distance of the bolt pattern to 100

- Press the button of the bolt pattern

- Enter 80 as value for the first entry of the left table


- Then press two times

Advanced options for the bolt positions such as distance between are available in all macros using the button .


Step 2


Connections with 3 or more base profiles are also possible. We will now draw a connection with 3 base profiles.

- Open the drawing Apex with column support.dwg

- Click on the icon Apex & Column

- Select the column beneath the first apex

- Select the left rafter

- Select the other rafter

- Double-click the connection 2 Column Endplates

We will now apply this connection in other places.


- Navigate to the apex in the back using met zoom/pan.

- Select the column underneath the apex in the back

- Select the left rafter

- Select the other rafter


- Then press <Enter> to end the command

- Activate the tab Bolts

- Modify the number of bolts to 2

- Press in the Review macro window